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Letter of testimony from Tatyana Kotlyarova, born in Berislav, Ukraine, about her experiences in Berislav and Kachkarovka

Letter of testimony from Tatyana Kotlyarova, born in Berislav, Ukraine, about her experiences in Berislav and Kachkarovka Life in Berislav with the onset of the German occupation on August 28, 1941; murder of Jews in late August in a gully near town; murder of parents, sister Polina, and brother Motya in an Aktion; escaping from the Aktion; living in hiding nearby with two brothers, Moysey and Iosif, from September 1941 to spring 1942; searching for food nearby; brothers murdered in spring 1942; life in hiding in the locality with an acquaintance of her parents for 3–4 months; life in hiding with an acquaintance of her parents, Vasiliy Verkhoglyad, in Kachkarovka until the liberation in 1944; chance encounter with her maternal aunt in Nikopol; lives with her after the war.
item Id
3729429
Type of material
Letter of testimony
File Number
4019
Language
Russian
Record Group
O.33 - Testimonies, Diaries and Memoirs Collection
Name of Submitter
Kotrlyarova Tatyana
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
5
Connected to Item
O.33- Testimonies, diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust period and regarding the Holocaust
Form of Testimony
Written testimony
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository